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Akele Hum Akele Tum

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This is a little dated looking around the edges. The film quality is a little grainy (though not too much so) and some of the hairdos and clothes are a bit 80s - though this movie is from 1995 (Bollywood seems to have kept this look a lot longer than the West. My daughter refers to it as Bollywoods eternal 80s!) However that is no reason not to get the movie as the content endures well. By the way it isn't in black and white as some covers of the DVD might suggest.
The plot is Kramer vs Kramer. Woman leaves husband and young son as she wants to develop her career and feels stifled as a housewife. They were both musicians (and he also a composer) when they married and she thought the deal was they would support each other in their common dream of becoming successful musicians. He got lost in his own seeking of success and was blind to her desires. She then rises to fame and he doesn't. However in caring for his son he develops a love and relationship with his son that he hadn't earlier developed. There is then a court case over the child's custody and he fights to keep his son who has become his whole life.
Along the way there are songs that are quite OK including the title song which is quite charming with the son singing with the father.
The acting is all good. Aamir plays the passionate, proud hothead he played in movies like Raja Hindustani. He brings so much fine acting and dimension to his roles that he is very watchable and works your emotions. The relationship between the father and son is beautifully developed and beautifully played. It is a great reason to watch the movie. His wife is played well by Manisha Koirala and she brings out the conflict in the character rather than playing it one-dimensionally. The young actor playing the son is very good.
I had to break out the tissues for the court scene as I had become quite hooked by the emotions. It is sentimental and romantic for those who like that sort of movie. Certainly if you like Rangeela or Raja Hindustani you'll probably like this too. Also Aamir Khan watchers won't be disappointed.
I think they did a good job of the movie and was tossing up between a 4 and a 5. The fact the acting was so good and it hooked me to the point of tissues pushed it to a 5. Lovely little movie that tended to be rated above average by most viewers.

It is lovely movie - one of early Aamir khan ones - with good life-message and very nice performance of Aamir and little boy who pays Aamir's son in the movie. Unfortunately the copy of this manufacturer (EROS) had multiple digital glitches and pretty much impossible to watch. When I received the replacement by another manufacturer (Moserbaer), the copy was still not a good quality (pretty poor with lots of white spots and fuzzy picure). So unfortunately I had to return both copies. If any other manufacturer comes up with clean copy - I would like to own it, but none of the two currently on the market, so I do not recommend to buy any of the 2 existing manufacturers' copies.

AKELE HUM AKELE TUM STARRING AAMIR KHAN AND MANISHA KOIRALA. I JUST LOVE THIS FILM IT HAS ROMANCE AND INTENSE ALSO EMOTIONAL DRAMA. THE SONGS OF THE FILM ARE REALLY NICE LIKE RAJA KO RANI SE PYAR HOGAYA, AND AISA ZAKHM DIYA HAI.